Garment



D. FREEMAN.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY 23,192I.

Patent'ed July 4, H22.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

Inventor. Dudley Freeman byfmwzmalmw AII s,

D. FREEMAN.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23,192].

Patented July 4, 1922..

2 EHEETSSHEET 2- Inventor. Dudiey Freemc yzw-v' m DUDLEY FREEMAN, OF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J uly t, 1922..

Application filed July 23, 1921. Serial No. 486,950.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, DUDLEY FREEMAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Roxbury, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Garments, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to a garment which may be used for various purposes, either as an under or as an outer garment. It is particularly designed, however, in some of the forms illustrated as an over-garment in the nature of a working suit or overalls and in another form illustrated for a diaper or drawers.

The object of the invention is to provide a garment which may. be placed over the obverse face, either the front or back, of the person and secured in position by flaps extending around the reverse portion of the person and connected by separable fasteners.

The object of the invention is to provide a garment of this character which may be quickly placed upon the wearer and removed therefrom and in which the fastening de vices are all readily accessible.

These and other objects and features of the invention will appear more fully from the accompanying description and drawings and will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a. front elevation of a preferred form of the garment as it appears on the wearer, with oneleg flap shown extended in dot and dash lines;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the construction shown in Flg. 1, with one side of the seat flap shown extended in dot and dash lines;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the upper portion of another form of garment embody ing the invention;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the upper portion of a third form of garment embodying the invention; and,

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a fourth form of garment embodying the invention.

The garment of this invention may be utilized for a wide range of purposes, as already noted, and may be worn either as an under garment or as an outer garment and, as examples of the range of iorims it may take; it is shown both as designed for use as an outer garment such as a Wrapper made in the garment apart from its'esseir tial features.

The invention provides a garment which may be readily placed upon the person of the wearer and removed therefrom in a simple and expeditious manner. This is particularly desirable in many cases, as for example in the forms illustrated, viz, in workin suits or union overalls carried by automobilists or in drawers or diapers and which it is desired to den and remove quickly. The invention also provides a garment in which the part-s are secured in place by separable fasteners, such as, the ordinary snap fasteners, all of which are readily accessible at one face and preferably at the front of the person. This enables the garnent to be secured in place and unfastened when the movements of the wearer are hampered by clothing, or by any other reason.

The separable fasteners illustrated dia gran'imatically at various points in the gar? mcnt may be of any suitable construction such as commonly employed in garments, either buttons and button-holes, snap fasteners, or other familiar devices.

Referring first to the construction illus trated in Figs. 1 and 2, the garment comprises an obverse trunk section, which in this case is a front trunk section 1, which essentially covers the lower portion of the torso and which, in the form illustrated, also extends upwardly covering the entire front of the torso. This front trunk section may be provided with suitable pockets 2 and if desired with a fly 8. It is shaped to fit the person and in the form illustrated is provided with a central longitudinal seam 4. When this front trunk section extends up over. the chest, as in the form illustrated, it may also be provided with breast pockets 5 and if desired with a collar 6.

Leg flaps 7 depend in this form from and are connected to the front trunk section. These leg flaps preferably are integral with and form a downward continuation of the front trunk section 1. Gores 8 may be pro- Vided to assist in giving 1 the proper shape. These leg flaps preferably cover the entire fronts and preferably extend to the bottom of the legs. Side extensions 9 are connected to the outer edge of each leg flap and are of suflieient size to Wrap around the legs and at their lower portions 10 come around to the front of the legs at the bottom. Separable fasteners 11 are providedoii the portions 10 of the extensions 9 and on the underlying portions of the leg flaps 7.

A reverse section and in this case seat flap 12, shaped to cover the reverse lower portion of the torso or in thiscase the seat and upper rear portions of the legs of the person, is connected to the inner edges of the leg flaps 7 preferably by lines of stitching 13.. This seat flap is properly shaped and for that purpose goies 14- may be employed. The seat flap may also be provided with suitable rear pockets This seat fla extends u) areferabl'y somewhat above the Waist line as indicated and is extended at its upper outer corners 16 sulliciently to come around to the front and lapunder the front section 1. Separable fasteners 17 are provided on the upper outer corners 16 of the seat. flap and the oi erlying portion of the front trunk section 1 whereby these parts are connected.

Therevei'se sectionor seat flap together With the leg flaps thus together surround and cover the legs and the separable fastening means act to secure together and hold in position these parts upon the legs.

A back flap is secured to thefront hl'llllli. section in this case and adapted to pass around the back and over the shoulders and is secured in place at the front to the front trunk section. In the form illustrated this back flap 18 is a continuation of the chest portion of the front trunk section 1, passes over the left shoulder, covers the major portion of the bacl: and at its lower corner 19 passes over the front trunk section 1. near the Waist line and is connected by a son arable fastener 20 with the front trunk section. In this form the right shoulder is covered by an additional flap 21 connected to th e chest portion of the front trunk sec tion 1 and the back flap 18 ma be secured thereto at the hack of the neck, especially When using the collar 6, by a separable fasam 35.

Sleeves 22 may be provided and perinanentl'y or detachably secured to the garment. As illustrated these sleeves are detachably secured by separ'z ble fasteners 23.

hen the garl it of this form is to be puton all the sepa ble fasteners are dis- Connected and the ious flaps opened up. Thehwe'arer, holding the garment in front of him, plane's his arins through the sleeves 22 if they are used, or if not through the arm hole sections and then seizes the lower corner 19 of the back flap 18, passes it around his back and fastens the separable fastener 35, when employed. and also fastens the separable fastener 20 at the front. He then reaches between his legs andthrows up the seat flap; which is then hanging down, until it covers the rear portion of his legs and seat and then brings the upper outer corners 16 to thefil'ont under the front trunk section 1 and fastens the separable fasteners 17. He then takes the side extensions 9 successively and Wraps them about therear of his legs briiiging the lower outer corners 7 10 around the inside of the leg and to the front and fastens the separablefasteners 11. The Whole operationis quickly and expeditiously perfornieda'nd the garment when in place covers the entire person. To removethe garment the various separable fasteners are unfastene'd and the entiregarinent is pushed off at the front. While the pro vision of the extensions of the leg flaps are desirable the important feature is that the flaps as a Whole together With'the seat flap act to surround and cover the legs and the separable fastening means act to secure these flaps together in position on the legs.

The construction shown in Fig. 3 varies from that already described only in the upper portion of the garment and is to be utilized \vhereit is only necessary to provide a bib or covering for the chest. In this coiistruction the front trunk section 24 is extended upwardly covering the chest at 25 and provided at theleft shoulder with a back flap 26 connected thereto. This back flap passes over the left shoulder, around the back. over the right shoulder and down in front Where it is secured to the front trunk section by a sepa'.i'able 'fasteiier 27.

Fig. 4; illustrates still another form which the upper portion of the garment may take. 111 this case the back flap is an upward extension of the seat flap, passes over both the shoulders, an opening being left at 28 for the neck, and passes down over and covers the chest at 29. At its lower portion it is connected to the front section 30 by separable fasteners 31. This flap at the frontmay also be provided with suitable pockets 32 and sleeves maybe employed if desired, the sleeves 38 illustrated being detachably secured to the garment by separable fasteners 34.

The entire garment. in the forms illustrated in Figs. 1 to& in each case as will be seen, is put on much in the same manner as an apron and is removed in the same inanner. That is, the garment is held in front of the wearer and is put on by bringin Y the various extensions and flaps around the ody and legs and securing it in place. eliminates the objection to putting the feet and legs through closed legs, such as those This also of the ordinary overalls or similar garments, because there is no danger of soiling the interior of the garment as the feet are passed through it and then bringing the soiled portion in contactwith the clothing of the wearer.

Fig. 5 illustrates a slightly different form of garment also embodying the invention and designed for use as a pair of drawers or diaper or similar garment. In its general construction it is a reversal of the forms already described. In this case the garment is designed to be put on over the back of the person and the various flaps and extensions are arranged to cover the front of the person and to be secured in place preferably by separable fasteners at the front.

In this case the garment comprises an ol verse trunk section in the form of a back sect on 36 which essentially covers the lower portion of the torso or seat. Short leg flaps depend from and form a downward continuation of this section. Side extensions 37, one of which is shown in extended position by dot and dash lines at the right, are connected to, and preferably integral with, the outer edge of each leg flap and are of sufli cient size to wrap around the leg fronts. A reverse trunk section, in this case a front flap 38. shaped to cover the front lower portion of the torso and upper front portions of the legs, is connected to the inner edges of the leg flaps preferably by lines of stitching 39. The side extensions 3'7 are secured to the front flap at its upper outer and lower inner corners by suitable separable fasteners 4:0 and 41 so that the side extensions overlap the front flap and therewith cover the front portion of the person.

lVhen this form of garment is to be put on, it is placed against the back of the person, the front flap is thrown up between the legs over the front, and the side extensions are brought around the front and fastened in place. To remove it, the operation is reversed.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is:

1. A garment comprising an obverse trunk section, depending leg flaps connected to the obverse trunk section to cover the obverse portions of the legs, reverse flap connected to the inner edges of the leg flaps to cover the reverse portion of the trunk, separable fastening means for securing the upper outer corners of the obverse trunk section and reverse flap together. a side extension connected to the outer edge of each leg flap, the said extensions acting, when wrapped around the legs to cover with the reverse flap the reverse portions of the legs, and separable fastening means for securing the lower outer corner of each extension in position.

2. A garment comprising a front trunk section, depending leg flaps connected to the front'trunk section to cover the leg fronts, a seat flap connected to the inner edges of the leg flaps to cover the seat, separable fastening means for securing the upper outer corners of the seat flap to the front trunk section, a side extension connected to the outer edge of each leg flap, the said extensions acting, when wrapped around the legs, to cover with the seat flap the leg backs, and separable fastening means for securing the lower outer corner of each extension in position.

3. A garment comprising the construction defined in claim 2, together with a hack flap secured to the front trunk section to pass around the back and over at least one of the shoulders and separable fastening means for securing the free end of the back flap to the front trunk section.

4. A garment comprising the construction defined in claim 2, together with a flap extending over the back and at least one of the shoulders, and separable means for securing the said flap to the front trunk section.

5. A garment comprising the construction defined in claim 2, in which the front trunk section is extended to cover the chest and one shoulder and an adjacent portion of the back, together with a back flap connected to the side of the front trunk section and covering the other shoulder and an adjacent portion of the back, and separable fastening means for securing the free end of the back flap to the front trunk section.

6. A garment comprising an obverse trunk section, depending leg flaps connected to the obverse trunk section to cover the obverse portions of the legs, a reverse flap connected to the inner edges of the leg flaps to cover the reverse portion of the trunk, separable fastening means for securing the upper outer corners of the obverse trunk section and reverse flap together, the reverse flap and the leg flaps together-acting to surround and cover the legs, and separable fastening means for securing the reverse flap and leg flaps together in position on the legs.

7. A garment comprising a front trunk section, depending leg flaps connected to the front trunk section to cover the leg fronts, a seat flap connected to the inner edges of the leg flaps to cover the seat, separable fastening means for securing the upper outer corners of the seat flap to the front trunk section, the seat flap and the leg flaps together acting to surround and cover the legs, and separable fastening means for securing the seat flap and leg flaps together in position on the legs.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

DUDLEY FREEMAN. 

